The New International Encyclopædia/Tokio, University of

​Tokio, University of. A Japanese university founded in 1868 by the union of two older schools, as one of the results of the great political and social revolution of that year. It has grown with the growth of modern Japan. At first officered largely by foreigners, these have been gradually superseded by Japanese, for the most part trained in Europe and the United States. The university is a Government institution. Its administration is vested in a president and a board of councilors, two from each college, named by the Minister of Education, for a term of five years. The colleges comprise law, medicine, engineering, philosophy, history, mathematics, and science. Two degrees are given, one for work in course, the other for special distinction. The university includes an observatory and a library. There were 2908 students in 1900–01.

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